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Spreading out along Ethiopia's northern border with Eritrea, the region
of Tigray has a tense and difficult history. The area was hit
particularly hard by the famines and civil war during the 1980s and
1990s.
The region has a high prevalence of people living with
HIV/AIDS, as well as many broken homes and dead or missing men. For the
women of Tigrinia and their families life has been tough, with limited
access to financial, medical, educational and social support systems.
The
Spanish Government funded United Nation's Millennium Development Goal
Fund (MDGF) is focused on supporting the Ethiopian Government to meet
the MDGs. The Leave No Women Behind program works with UNFPA and
supports existing Ethiopian government structures to try and improve the
lives of these women.